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GA-Z68AP-D3 Introduction

The GA-Z68AP-D3 motherboard, is based on the Intel® Z68 Express Chipset and supports the new 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors. With the D3 board, it allows you to significant increase performance with the well known Intel® Smart Response Technology. The GA-Z68AP-D3 motherboard has mSATA drive connectors on this standard desktop PC motherboard. The GA-Z68AP-D3 board is integrated with GIGABYTE's proprietary Touch BIOS™ technology. This D3 motherboard is stated ATX and just about makes the standards, however the bard is actually mildly smaller than other boards in its range, the D3 is about 3cm smaller. The D3 has only a 4 pin connector, so let’s take a look at the motherboard and then see how well it performs against its Z68 cousins.

4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory * Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel * To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.

Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_2 and PCIEX1_3 slots. When the PCIEX1_2 slot or the PCIEX1_3 slot is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate at up to x1 mode.

Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 * When a RAID set is built across the SATA 6Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s channels, the system performance of the RAID set may vary depending on the devices being connected.

USB

Chipset:

Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)

Etron EJ168 chip:

Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel

Internal I/O Connectors:

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

3 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors

1 x mSATA connector

1 x CPU fan header

2 x system fan headers

1 x power fan header

1 x front panel header

1 x front panel audio header

1 x S/PDIF Out header

3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

1 x clearing CMOS jumper

1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header

Back Panel Connectors:

1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

1 x parallel port

1 x serial port

1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector

1 x HDMI port

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports

1 x RJ-45 port

3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller:

iTE IT8728 chip

H/W Monitoring:

System voltage detection

CPU/System temperature detection

CPU/System/Power fan speed detection

CPU overheating warning

CPU/System/Power fan fail warning

CPU/System fan speed control * Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.

BIOS:

2 x 32 Mbit flash

Use of licensed AWARD BIOS

Support for DualBIOS™

PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features:

Support for @BIOS

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue

Support for Download Center

Support for Xpress Install

Support for Xpress Recovery2

Support for EasyTune * Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.

Support for Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2

Support for Smart 6™

Support for Auto Green

Support for eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)

Support for ON/OFF Charge

Support for Cloud OC

Support for 3TB+ Unlock

Support for TouchBIOS

Support for Q-Share

Bundle Software:

Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Intel® Smart Response Technology

LucidLogix Virtu * Make sure the monitor cable has been connected to the integrated graphics port on the back panel.

Operating System:

Support for Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP

Form Factor:

ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.5cm

Remark:

Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.

Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.

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